For Wellbeats Regional Gross sales Director Sean Younger, well being and health have been a part of his life so long as he can keep in mind. He was enjoying soccer, baseball, and basketball by the point he was 5 years previous, and he beloved to run as a child. His present function with Wellbeats permits him to mix his passions.
“Health has all the time been a part of my life—whether or not it’s understanding or consuming proper,” Sean mentioned. “I noticed what well being can do for folks. Should you dwell a wholesome way of life, chances are high you’re going to have much less well being problems. I simply realized at a younger age that that is one thing I must do. I can’t take it flippantly.”
After enjoying sports activities and studying to prioritize his well being all through his childhood, Sean knew he wished to pursue a profession geared towards being energetic—one thing that might enable him to proceed being wholesome and specializing in these priorities in his life. He started working as a private coach as a result of it allowed him to mix his passions for well being and health with the chance to assist others.
“I grew to become a private coach, and that was a very easy job for me as a result of I had grown up with it,” Sean mentioned. “My dad had me begin coaching—lifting weights—once I was round 10 years previous. It was simply one thing I did from the time I used to be younger, and it caught with me. It was straightforward for me to work with folks.”
The identical ardour for sharing well being and health with others finally led Sean to his present place with Wellbeats.
“In private coaching, you may’t assist as many individuals as you’d wish to,” Sean mentioned. “I used to be solely capable of attain and influence in all probability 15 folks [each day]. At Wellbeats, we get to assist thousands and thousands of individuals day-after-day. That’s a part of what drew me to Wellbeats.”
Supporting Others by Operating
Simply as Sean has tied his passions for wholesome residing and serving to others into his work, he’s discovered a approach to weave these two pursuits in certainly one of his hobbies—working—by his affiliation with the Ronald McDonald Home of Windfall (RMHP) Operating Membership.
Sean loved working when he was a child and returned to the game as an grownup when a colleague invited him to attend a monitor exercise about 4 years in the past.
“I in all probability hadn’t completed a monitor exercise since I used to be in highschool, simply doing it for enjoyable, however I beloved it,” Sean mentioned. “I knew from prior expertise that once they go to the monitor, folks are likely to blow themselves out on the primary rep or interval. I knew that I needed to tempo myself. I used to be capable of sustain with among the folks. That day gave me confidence.”
One exercise was all it took to reignite Sean’s ardour—and aggressive drive—for working. He instantly started coaching beneath Coach Bob Rothenberg with the RMHP Operating Membership.
“Once I first joined the working membership, I didn’t know what they have been. I simply did it as a result of I wished to get into working,” Sean admitted. “The actually cool factor is that Bob, the coach, brings you to the Ronald McDonald Home. He sits down with you and figures out what you wish to do and tells you about their mission.”
Sean shortly realized that the efforts and mission of the RMHP Running Club align together with his personal priorities and values. The membership promotes the advantages of well being, wellness, health, and competitors amongst folks of all ages and talents by working and strolling whereas publicizing and supporting the mission of the Ronald McDonald House of Providence, a nonprofit group that helps households with youngsters dealing with critical sickness.
“Their mission is unimaginable,” Sean mentioned. “I’ve met a whole lot of households on the home. It’s unimaginable to listen to the success tales—and pray for the households who’re there now who’re going by it nonetheless.”
Since getting concerned with the RMHP Operating Membership, Sean has set—and achieved—some lofty working objectives to lift cash for the Ronald McDonald Home. He did a self-supported 40-mile run all through Narragansett, Rhode Island; ran 500 miles in December 2020 as a part of the Calendar Membership Problem; and accomplished a 50-mile run round Boston.
Sean has additionally completed the Boston Marathon twice, together with breaking the 3-hour mark by working a private greatest time of two:56:34 in April 2022. He has raised over $34,000 for the Ronald McDonald Home and final yr was certainly one of three recipients of the Coronary heart of Gold Award, introduced to people who’ve made an influence throughout the Ronald McDonald Home.
“Receiving the Coronary heart of Gold Award was certainly one of my proudest moments,” Sean mentioned. “That’s how I wish to be remembered—as somebody who gave again, did sure issues to assist folks, and raised cash for people who find themselves dealing with challenges.”
And what’s subsequent?
“This yr I deliberate to do a 100-mile run round Boston and double the route I did final yr, however I’m going to try this subsequent yr as an alternative,” Sean mentioned. “Now that I’m stepping into marathons and really being first rate at it, I don’t wish to harm myself, so my subsequent purpose is working a 2:50 marathon on the New York Metropolis Marathon this fall.”
Wellbeats For All
It’s no shock that Sean has gravitated towards Wellbeats’ working courses taught by Olympian Carrie Tollefson. He additionally has discovered the stretching and restoration courses to be helpful.
“Operating is an enormous a part of my life in the present day,” Sean mentioned. “I need to have the ability to run once I’m 80 years previous, so I do know I must care for myself now to have the ability to do this afterward in life.”
Wellbeats’ diet courses additionally come in useful for Sean, a self-proclaimed horrible cook dinner.
“I can’t cook dinner to avoid wasting my life,” Sean mentioned. “The cooking courses and diet training courses are actually useful to realize an understanding of what’s truly wholesome, and also you be taught little ideas and tips across the kitchen.”
As a health fanatic, well being nut, and aggressive runner, Sean’s place as Wellbeats regional gross sales director matches him completely.
“I’m blessed and so lucky to do one thing that I like,” Sean mentioned. “If you wish to go into gross sales, it’s important to be real. You must dwell and breathe what you promote, or individuals are going to see by it.”
Accordingly, Sean is a agency believer in Wellbeats’ mission that wellbeing isn’t only for some—it’s for all.
“I believe what I like a lot about Wellbeats is that our message is real and genuine,” Sean mentioned. “We’re constructed for everybody, regardless of somebody’s curiosity or their health ranges. In the event that they’ve by no means stepped foot in a gymnasium, they’ll nonetheless use it and nonetheless discover one thing. Even for somebody who’s athletic—I’ve discovered courses that I completely love and that assist me. That’s the rationale I find it irresistible.”
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About Wellbeats, a LifeSpeak firm
Wellbeats, a LifeSpeak firm is a number one supplier of on-demand digital health, diet, and mindfulness courses to be used in workplaces of all sizes, well being plans, on faculty or college campuses, multi-family housing, the U.S. navy, and health and well being golf equipment. Primarily based in St. Louis Park, MN, Wellbeats makes health accessible, inexpensive, and approachable for everybody. Greater than 1,000 courses and 35+ applications can be found to assist members keep on monitor and meet their objectives. To be taught extra, go to www.wellbeats.com or try a sampling of the corporate’s health courses throughout a Fb Dwell class, and comply with Wellbeats on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
